I don't understand addictions.

[JS80]

I had a close friend in college who was very smart. Got a good job at a bank, won the top performer in the department award for 10 months in a row (when they stopped giving it out), got married, had a kid. He started to dabble in coke. Fast forward to two years later - no job, wife and kid gone, living in the YMCA, every dime spent on coke. Never became a criminal because his fear of jail was about the only thing stronger than his urge to get more coke. We couldn't even give him a few extra bucks to get a decent meal because he'd just buy coke.

Ends up on welfare, disabled, and gets a $17,000 back settlement from Social Security for his disability. In two weeks, he had spent it ALL on coke. He cannot stay away from it though it ruined his career, his marriage, his life, and his second chance to get back on his feet with the settlement money.

He isn't happy about what happened and regrets it terribly. But he simply cannot resist buying coke with any spare money he gets. Even his own family has essentially disowned him because all the money they gave him to help him out was spent on drugs.

He lives in Section 8 projects in a crappy town surrounded by scum. And he hates it, but it's likely he'll be there until he dies of old age.

I would say anyone who would consciously destroy their life for drugs, and hating themselves for it the whole time, is addicted.

First time I've heard cocaine doing this. This story is usually the result of heroin or meth.

 

[her209]

First time I've heard cocaine doing this. This story is usually the result of heroin or meth.

Cocaine is a helluva a drug.

 

[BUTCH1]

I've never been addicted to something. I don't understand how someone could become addicted to anything. It doesn't make sense to me. I can quit doing anything whenever I want, maybe I just have willpower, morals, or integrity, idk.

You don't understand much of anything, do you?. Here's what we understand, your a self-infatuated punk blowhard we all hope gets banned sooner rather than later..

 

[F1N3ST]

Cocaine is a helluva a drug.

Lol, my friend did cocaine off a strippers ass last weekend. He didn't do it after AFAIK. He is fairly addicted to marijuana, even though everyone on the internet seems to think it's not addicting.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've never been addicted to something. I don't understand how someone could become addicted to anything. It doesn't make sense to me. I can quit doing anything whenever I want, maybe I just have willpower, morals, or integrity, idk.

What do morals or integrity have to do with it?

Try shooting heroin and get back to us.

 

[Mo0o]

Physical addiction is easy to kick, mental addiction takes years and is never truly gone. I almost see it as "ignorance is bliss" Once you realize the rush that certain drugs can give you, its very hard to stay away. It takes a lifetime of personal vigilance to stay on the wagon and it's can be full of relapses.

Another thing to consider is that people's physiologies are different and some are just more prone to addiction than others. I think it would be hard for me to become addicted to alcohol because every time I've gotten way too drunk and vomited, i've developed a gag reflex to that particular type of alcohol. So it would take a herculean effort for me to develop a strong alcohol habit. But for someone that can drink a lot, not feel it, and be able to do it again the next night, it's easier to spiral into alcohol abuse.

Anyways, if you havent seen actual substance abuse then its pretty close minded of you to just pass judgment based on your sheltered view of the world. If you have seen it and still think this way, then I guess you lack the ability to step outside of your shoes and see life from another perspective.

 

[F1N3ST]

You don't understand much of anything, do you?. Here's what we understand, your a self-infatuated punk blowhard we all hope gets banned sooner rather than later..

Lol, cool story bro. You and all the other assholes trying to burn me in this thread are probably former or continued addicts. Fail. What's your krypyonite? Some wacky tobacky? Alcohol?

 

[BoomerD]

Black tar heroin is good this time of year

Dude...black tar smack is good ANY time of year...

 

[brandonb]

First of all there are different types of addition, physical being one. Caffeine for example can mimic hormones the brain releases, in order to maintain balance in the body, if you have caffeine the brain won't produce the hormones because caffeine is taking it's place. So the next day if you don't have caffeine, the body lacks the hormones because it's been filtered out, and side effects happen until the brain starts producing the hormones again.

Physical addiction from bigger drugs are similar to caffeine but can literally cause very severe side effects, which prevent the users from quitting otherwise their body goes into shock. This is the main cause of addition in drug users.

It's not a matter of willpower.

 

[Oil]

Chemical addiction > your 'morals and willpower'

 

[JS80]

What do morals or integrity have to do with it?

Try shooting heroin and get back to us.

I second this. OP try heroin and see if understand then.

 

[F1N3ST]

Chemical addiction > your 'morals and willpower'

Oh yeah?

 

[Miramonti]

I've never been addicted to something. I don't understand how someone could become addicted to anything. It doesn't make sense to me. I can quit doing anything whenever I want, maybe I just have willpower, morals, or integrity, idk.

I'm the exact same way.

In a morbid sense I have an itch to try something very addictive to prove to myself that I'm stronger than its addictive nature. Never have tho.

 

[joesmoke]

speaking of addictions: DONT GET RID OF OLD PORN! YOU WILL REGRET IT!

now this thread has been slightly productive

 

[Kadarin]

Lol, cool story bro. You and all the other assholes trying to burn me in this thread are probably former or continued addicts. Fail. What's your krypyonite? Some wacky tobacky? Alcohol?

This is by far the best comeback I've ever seen on the internets. Massive props to you, F1N3ST, and don't ever stop posting.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Lol, cool story bro. You and all the other assholes trying to burn me in this thread are probably former or continued addicts. Fail. What's your krypyonite? Some wacky tobacky? Alcohol?

I guess that makes you better than them...

Congrats, you win the thread.

 

[F1N3ST]

I second this. OP try heroin and see if understand then.

I think my morals thing comes from not fucking doing heroin in the first place lol.

If it was somehow forced into my body, and I had a craving for it, I'd just isolate myself from any possibility of giving some, because I would be thinking rationally :awe:

 

[F1N3ST]

I guess that makes you better than them...

Congrats, you win the thread.

Really?!?! Is there a prize?

 

[joesmoke]

I think my morals thing comes from not fucking doing heroin in the first place lol.

If it was somehow forced into my body, and I had a craving for it, I'd just isolate myself from any possibility of giving some, because I would be thinking rationally :awe:

so the question is, why the fuck do you live in michigan?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

OP, you do yourself an injustice! I'm sure there are many other things you don't understand.

 

[her209]

speaking of addictions: DONT GET RID OF OLD PORN! YOU WILL REGRET IT!

now this thread has been slightly productive

There's much better porn now. HD porn.

 

[F1N3ST]

so the question is, why the fuck do you live in michigan?

So I can watch people in Detroit from a fairly safe distance?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Really?!?! Is there a prize?

Sure, here you go!

 

[overst33r]

most people think they are not addicted to pornography.

ask them to stop looking at it for 2 weeks.

 

[F1N3ST]

I'm the exact same way.

In a morbid sense I have an itch to try something very addictive to prove to myself that I'm stronger than its addictive nature. Never have tho.

Yay, someone else who isn't a slave to addictions!!